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While Trump Fiddles, China declares Eurasia Open for Business at At Shanghai Cooperation Org. Summit
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While Trump Fiddles, China declares Eurasia Open for Business at At Shanghai Cooperation Org. Summit

Neil Thompson

Beijing raised its profile at the annual Shanghai Cooperation Council summit of non-Western countries just by providing a forum. London (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) […]

“Take the Cash in Hand:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:12

“Take the Cash in Hand:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:12

09/11/2025 By Juan Cole

Israeli Strike in Doha crosses a new Line from which Relations with Gulf may not Recover

Israeli Strike in Doha crosses a new Line from which Relations with Gulf may not Recover

09/11/2025 By Kristian Coates Ulrichsen

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Continued Clashes In Karbala Lead To

Continued Clashes In Karbala Lead To

Continued Clashes in Karbala Lead to Closure of Shrines al-Zaman: On Sunday, Shiite religious authorities in Karbala formally closed the shrines of Imam Husain and […]

Juan Cole

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Continued Clashes In Karbala Lead To

Continued Clashes In Karbala Lead To

Continued Clashes in Karbala Lead to Closure of Shrines al-Zaman: On Sunday, Shiite religious authorities in Karbala formally closed the shrines of Imam Husain and […]

Juan Cole

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Italians Pushed Out Of Nasiriyah Tell

Italians Pushed Out Of Nasiriyah Tell

Italians, Pushed out of Nasiriyah, Tell Bush to Back Off 10 Italian Troops Wounded, 20 Iraqis wounded, 2 Killed More heavy fighting at Nasiriyah on […]

Juan Cole

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Italians Pushed Out Of Nasiriyah Tell

Italians Pushed Out Of Nasiriyah Tell

Italians, Pushed out of Nasiriyah, Tell Bush to Back Off 10 Italian Troops Wounded, 20 Iraqis wounded, 2 Killed More heavy fighting at Nasiriyah on […]

Juan Cole

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Patel On Religious Authority For Quick

Patel On Religious Authority For Quick

Patel on Religious Authority For a quick primer on religious authority in Iraq, Sunni and Shiite, from an academic who has been living there for […]

Juan Cole

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Patel On Religious Authority For Quick

Patel On Religious Authority For Quick

Patel on Religious Authority For a quick primer on religious authority in Iraq, Sunni and Shiite, from an academic who has been living there for […]

Juan Cole

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Iran Strongly Condemns Us Operations In

Iran Strongly Condemns Us Operations In

Iran Strongly Condemns US Operations in Najaf, Karbala Supreme Jurisprudent Ali Khamenei of Iran finally broke his silence about the US military operations in Najaf […]

Juan Cole

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Iran Strongly Condemns Us Operations

Iran Strongly Condemns Us Operations

Iran Strongly Condemns US Operations in Najaf, Karbala Supreme Jurisprudent Ali Khamenei of Iran finally broke his silence about the US military operations in Najaf […]

Juan Cole

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Rumsfeld Plays M Gives License To Kill

Rumsfeld Plays M Gives License To Kill

Rumsfeld Plays “M”, Gives License to Kill Sy Hersh’s expose of an ultra-secret 00 unit of two hundred inside the Pentagon is probably the nail […]

Juan Cole

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